Game

[riflefire]

I have been wanting to do a Strategy game of some sort but have had reservations about wheither GoD wants me to do a game or not. The game would be some sort of strategy game with real time player competeing with each other. Sort of like starcraft or command and conqurer. I would like to make the game on the internet for lots of people to play. It would be SCI-FI (hi-tech) rather than fantasy. The primary basic idea is that Players would battle it out to be the first person to gather enough resources and then either eliminate the other team or build a spaceship to get off the planet. There would be mean aliens to hinder the player as well. The primary christian emphasis in this type game would be in the intergrated, monitored chat room (Ie: no dirty talk nor obscense user names) Do you people think this is workable?

If not this particular setting then maybe something more Christian? If so, what would you like to see in a christian strategy game? Thanks for your time and comments.

RF

[godrulz]

God gives us a gift of creativity. It would be great to have a Christian alternative in this genre that is done for the glory of God and in a spirit of excellence. It would be wise to avoid things that would be perceived as questionable. I wonder if aliens would offend some?

[artsylady]

IMO, the whole alien phenomenon is of the devil. I believe he is setting the whole thing up in the last days to make it look like the possibility of aliens are real, so that when the rapture happens, the world will have another explanation as to what happened to all of these people. ie - alien abduction rather than Christ rapturing his followers.

Think about it this. The whole alien thing started becoming more and more popular in the late 1940's. AFTER Israel became a nation. Sightings have become more and more commonplace since that important date. Back in the 40's, poll support for belief in aliens was minimal. Today, polls suggest that more than half of Americans beleif that aliens exist.

I think aliens are just demons manifesting themselves to humans in a new way. It's a huge con-job with the biggest con waiting to happen.

What about a game on spiritual warfare? Good fighting evil through use of scripture etc. I don't know if that is workable.

[artsylady]

For a great perspective on spiritual warfare, books by Frank Peretti might be helpful.

Who do you think would be the main players? Christian or non-Christian?

It might be good to show your battles using scripture and prayer somehow. Just a thought. You could show heavenly and earthly realms and what it's really like and what's really happening where we can't see. You could have the aliens being bad guys and deceivers. And Christians and angels being the good guys. I have no idea of any of this is workable. Just thought I'd have some fun brainstorming here.

[sagz4Christ]

I have a game called Taboo. I don't know if any know about this game, but the whole idea is to get your team to say the *taboo* word by talking about what the word is. The catch is there is a list of about 6 words that are clues to the *taboo* word. In your trying to get your team to say the word in question, you are not allowed to say in part or whole the words in this list.

I have wanted, since I got the game, to make a sort of BIblical Taboo game. Same concept, but words out of the Bible. Kind of like Bible Trivia or something....I dunno.

I think that making a game with Christian overtones is a wonderful idea, but the problem we face when trying to make this game is always, how much will I have to compromise? I admire your heart, riflefire, and I trust that our Lord will guide you in HIs will concerning this game you are thinking of!

~your servant in Christ